Apple Launches New iPhone 5C And iPhone 5S- Price, Features And Details

Apple has announced its new generation iPhones, iPhone 5C and 5S in San Francisco on 10th of September 2013 among a large gathering of media. The new device offers new features and an enhanced operation system version of iOS called iOS 7. The new iPhone has been launched with new hardware, software and accessories to make it even more attractive.

The iPhone 5C is targeted at larger audience as it has been priced more competitively compared to the more premium and top of the line iPhone 5S which features faster hardware, graphics and more premium construction. Read on for more details in the sections below.

iPhone 5C Price

iPhone 5C 16GB has been priced at $99 and 32GB at $199 on a two year AT&T contract in USA. it will be made available in 6 vibrant colours- Green, White, Blue, Red (pink) and Yellow. iPhone 5C price without contract for these two models is $549 and $649 for 16GB and 32 GB iPhone 5C respectively.

iPhone 5C Features & Specifications

iPhone 5C is made up of unibody hard polycarbonate material with a reinforced steel casing inside it to give it the required strength. It gets Apple’s 4 inch retina display with widescreen video support. A6 chip based processor, higher capacity battery than the iPhone 5, new camera app with more filters in-built, 3x video zoom, iOS 7 version, new 1.9 micron pixel HD camera for facetime, LTE support, 100 Mbps download speeds, Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi 2.4GHz and 5GHz band.

Specs:

Height: 4.90 inches (124.4 mm)
Width: 2.33 inches (59.2 mm)
Depth: 0.35 inch (8.97 mm)
Weight: 4.65 ounces (132 grams)
A6 Processor
802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi (802.11n 2.4GHz and 5GHz)
Bluetooth 4.0 wireless technology
Location:
Assisted GPS and GLONASS
Digital compass
Wi-Fi
Cellular
Retina display: 4-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display, 1136-by-640-pixel resolution at 326 ppi
Camera: 8 megapixels, ƒ/2.4 aperture and 1080p HD video recording 30 fps
Facetime camera: 1.2MP photos (1280 by 960), 720p HD video recording
Sensors
Three-axis gyro
Accelerometer
Proximity sensor
Ambient light sensor
Up to 250 hours battery life

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iPhone 5S Price

iPhone 5S 16GB is priced at $199, 32 GB at $299 and 64 GB version at $399 with a 2 year AT&T contract. iPhone 5S is more premium compared to iPhone 5C and will be available in 3 colours, golden, black and silver. After the launch of iPhone 5C and 5S, the iPhone 4S is now FREE on 2 year AT&T contract!

The price of iPhone 5S without contract for the 16GB, 32GB and 64GB versions is $649, $749 and $849 respectively.

iPhone 5S Features & Specifications

iPhone 5S is more premium and faster. It uses an A7 chip with 64-bit architecture which is natively faster that the conventional 32-bit processors. It is also faster in terms of graphics processing compared to any 32-bit phone. The phone will continue to support both 32-bit and 64-bit apps for backward compatibility. iPhone 5S gets a co-processor along with the processor, this unit is called M7 which adds continuous monitoring of motion data, supports health and fitness applications.

Apple claims that the iPhone 5S will offers 10 hour talktime on 3G with its efficient battery usage. The camera on the iPhone 5S is a 5-element design with f/2.2 aperture setting. The camera also offers image stabilization feature for clear and sharp pictures. The camera also supports burst shot and best photo mode in which it clicks pictures at a rate of 10 frames per second. It can also shoot 720p videos in slow motion 120 fps for great slow motion effects.

iPhone 5S has an in-built touch sensor on the home button on the iPhone which can read thumb-print and adds a great level of security to the iPhone. The fingerprint authentication can not only be used to unlock the phone, but also to authorize a purchase on iPhone.

Specs:

Height: 4.87 inches (123.8 mm)
Width: 2.31 inches (58.6 mm)
Depth: 0.30 inch (7.6 mm)
Weight: 3.95 ounces (112 grams)
Retina display: 4-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display with 1136-by-640-pixel resolution at 326 ppi
A7 chip with 64-bit architecture
M7 motion coprocessor
802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi (802.11n 2.4GHz and 5GHz)
Bluetooth 4.0 wireless technology
Location:
Assisted GPS and GLONASS
Digital compass
Wi-Fi
Cellular
Fingerprint identity sensor built into the Home button
Camera: 8 megapixels with 1.5µ pixels, ƒ/2.2 aperture and 1080p HD video recording at 30 fps
Facetime Camera: 1.2MP photos (1280 by 960), 720p HD video recording
Sensors
Three-axis gyro
Accelerometer
Proximity sensor
Ambient light sensor
Fingerprint identity sensor
Nano-SIM
Up to 250 hours battery standy